13: Tales From Team Ninja + Pac Man the Movie, One Piece Riots, Japan’s Declining Population

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN!

NEWS:

Live-Action Pac-Man Movie in Works at Bandai Namco, Wayfarer Studios

One Piece Screenings in France Almost Turn Into a Riot

Japan population falls by record 726,342 to 125.93 mil. in 2021 amid COVID

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84

Japanese actor Kiyoshi Kobayashi, known for voicing Lupin's Daisuke Jigen, dead at 89

FEATURE:

Andrew Szymanski is a Japanese game industry veteran whose experience includes producing titles for Tecmo, Capcom, DeNa, and more! In part 2 of our interview, Andrew takes us deep inside the secretive lair of Team Ninja to reveal what it was like working with the legendary game designer Tomonobu Itagaki (Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden).

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